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CHRONICLE A SENTINEL. 3. JONES. orriCK IS BAIL ROAD BAWK BUILaiWO -OAIL.T, TRI-WEEKLT A WBBKLT. VURH8 —Daily Paper, to city subscribers, per aanom in advance «6 Dadr Paper, mailed to the country 7 Tri-Weekly Paper, “ “ “ “ •• 4 Weekly (a mammoth sheet) “ “ • • 2 - -—— CASH SYSTEM.—in no case will an order for the paper be attended to, lunless accompanied with the money, and in every instance when the time for which the subscription may be paid, expires before the receipt of funds to renew the same, the paper I *nll be discontinued. Depreciated£funds received at |. value in this city. Tlse Supremacy of th* Seal—Collins and Canard. tm From the London Daily News, Oct.lUh. Racing is the passion of the Englishman. Horse racing, boat racing, foot racing- don key racing—bo kind of racing comes amiss to hies. Wherever the Englishman goes lie mast have bis races. There are regular boat races at the Cook’s Strait settlement, ia New Zealand, and there is a race course at Sierra j| Leone. i A race is even now “ coming off,” om which England has a stake of terrible magnitude. V, e ailude to that race of an indefinite num ber of heats now rousing on the Atlantic, by Canard's and Collins' ocean steamers. The stake in neither more or less thru* she ascen dancy on the seas. We use the word net is the silly and obsolete sense as those who used to dream of any one nation asserting by force of anus, a mastery in maritime affairs over all other nations. Henceforth there can be ao sovereign nation : the great community of nations is and must continue a republic. But oven in republics there are individuals who possess more wealth, more powers than others. England is still the first citizen of the cotmnu mty of nations ; the flag of England is still foreran** on the ocean. If England loses the Cunsrd and Collins’ race, it will be an event of bad omen for her maritime pre-eminence. French pageants at Cherbourg, Russian de monsiratious on the oaliic. can only alarm old women in and out of petticoats. Pre-enai nance at sea must belong to the cation which possesses the moat numerous and heal ap pointed mercantile marine, and the most im portant brarch of the country’s mercantile marina will ere long be its ocean steamers. If it be true that an American steamer has beaten our fastest and finest vessels on an At lamic voyage, it is high time that we had a mere searching inquiry into the slate of our ocean steam communication than was vouch safed by Mr. Henley’s Committee. According to the New York accounts, th. American ocean steamer Pacific made her last voyage from Liverpool to New York in ten days tour hours and three qurlets from wharf to wharf. We suspect the lime was a little longer. A writer in yesterday’s Tunes states that the Pacific left Liverpool at 2 P M., an the 11th of September. The New York papers state it reched that city at sh. 45m. P. M.. on the 2lst ult. Add 4h. 45m. for the difference of loagitude. and we have 10 days hours for the the length of the passage. The English ocean steamer Asia is said to have made her fast homeward voyage in 10 days 7 hours. Allowance must, however, be made for the greater speed with which owing to I the set of the currents, the voyage Irom Amer-j ica to England is accomplished, than the v*yase from England to America. Tne Asia’s outward voyage to New York was accomplish ed ia 10 'ays 14 hours 36 minutes, mean •teaming time. From this, we are told, must be d- u “d 5 hours for the detour by Halifax tut this allowance is in excess; the increased ; die tan is not the only element to be con- | aid red; the less reals ance for oceanic cur |rents oa the Halifax route ought also to be ta ken on account. On the whole we are disposed to admit th"t the Pacific, not the Asia, has made the quickest passagey.i made between Liverpool and New fVork. It is, however, a neck and neck affair. Ia July last the American oc an steamer At lantic made the voyage from New York to Liv erpool in ten days, eight hours, twenty rnin ■t«a, only one hour twenty minutes in excess of the time taken by the Asia. We are anxious to state the facts correctly, for there is an evident and not unnatural strain ing on th« pan both of English and Ameri cans, to make out the best case for their re spective steamers —even on the asumplion that the victory is slijl doubtful, the result cannot be very gratifying to our national pride. Cu nard’s Company have bad ten years’ practice; the fir-t experiment in Atlantic steam nsviga li □, oa the part of the Americans, was made last y nr by the New York and Bremen steam era. The Pacific aad Atlantic are the first cteamers launched by the Collins Company. Yet on* of these trial ships, if it has not beat en, has equalled the matured production of Canard’* Company. Is there any thing in the history of our ocean steam navigation that can account for this 7 Some ten years back, Government, unable or unwilling to carry the mails across the At hu’ic, granted a contract to Mr. Samuel Cu- U-rd, which that ortunate gentleman is under stood to hare sold at a g~eat premium to a t Glasgow company for the conveyance by 9 •team-vessels of her Majesty’s mails be lt een Liverpool, Halifax and Boston. In v 1846 this contract was renewed for ten years from the Ist of January, 1848; and, in ex pectation of the American competition, which has since arisen, leave was given to omit Hali fax end make the voyage direct from Liverpool to New York. Both the original contract and its extension were given without any compe tition. The owners of the Great Western r'd other steame-vesaels, who had risked their r otKV is establishing the practicability of ma kin? th : * Atlamic voyage, were unceremonious ly brushed aside, and the contractor has h d a virtual luonuply of the steam communication h twee the United States and tins country lor ’ tli~ list ten years Fortbis service the coun try p /» £ 140,000 per annum. Fo 1- ing ihe example of the English gov crniu >. t, ihe Lulled 8 ares granted in 1848 to a New York Company a contract for carrying the mail* to Liverpool; and their two fir-t yesseis, the A lantic and Pacific, made their appe ranee this year, to be followed next Spring by the Arctic and the Ba tic. The Ctt n rd Company, thus put to their mettle, con structed tne Asia and the Africa, which were also placed on the staiion this year. The re suit of tne contest as far as it has been carried, is stated above. ” W- are ten yrars before you in ship buil ding,” said a Yankee skipper the other day; “‘iud ten years behind you in machinery; in five yeurs more we will be ahead of you in both.” To prove Jonathan wrong w’e shall hnve to gel up some competition at home, and not wail to be taught the old lesson that ibere is no such thing in nature as an improving monopoly. Canard’s Company commenced witnve-sels of I,IUO tons, engines of 350 horse power. They have step by step, reached ‘2,300 tons, and 000 horse power. But y.e cize ana the power are the only things changed ; the model has remained the name The of 2 300 4 ous is an enlarged edition of the Britannia, of 1,100 toes, and goes bowling down the Met soy, carrying a »ea before her enough u> • -■'•‘iip a revenue croizcr. 'i lae American steamers are of a larger ton ' rvsjja * d lass power than the As.a and Africa, bu. o exquisite- model. They are “ten years •head” ot the Asia and Africa, as far as the Ji'Mla concerned, and as far behind in the i. hey slip down the Mersey with scarce ri. pie at the bow, dividing the water like v Grav end steamer. In accommodation, i v ialion, and general airangemenl, the American vessels are far superior to anything (hat has bean before sees in this country. ! It will doabtless be said that we attach too I much importance to the success of *ar trans- Atlautic cousins. We shall be told “One swa low does not make a summer ; one extraordi nary passage is not a criterion.” We shall be advised to wait for a twelve months before we give an opinion. In spite, however, of these and other wise saws that may be poured out we confess that to us the voyage* of the Atlan tic and the Pacific looks like “ the handwri ting on the wall” to our rulers, which it be- I hooves them,to lay to heart From the N. O . Picayune. Prom Texas. By the arrival of the steamship Portland, Capt. Boehner, we have received papers from Galveston to the 22d ins-.. The election to take the se.ise of the people on the boundary bill look p’ace in Galveston on the 21st. The vote sit .-d “Accept” 135, “Reject” 62. The vote wss remarkably small. In Huntsville. Walker county, there was for accept* ca 222, against it 24. In Milan, so far as heard from, but one vote was .riven a gainst the me mre. Hays county also voted for the bill. The schooner Lone Star was wrecked at the month of Brazos river. S»nce August, 1849, there have arrived at Galveston, exclusive of coasters, 85 steam ships, 24 ships. 34 barks aud 21 schooners. They had quite a gale along the coast on the 18th inst. It struck the steamer Globe as she j was coming out over Matagorda bar, causing 1 her tiller chain to part at a most critical time. I By hoisting her jib, i owever, she cams out I safely; and after having repaired her chain, it j gave way again at 10 o’clock at night, the wind i biuwinrr hard at the time. She was in great j danger for a lime, but at length succeeded in rigging a new tiller rope, and rode out the without material damage, much to the rauel of ! those on board The Civilian of the 22d says: The iron ship John Garrow, Capt. Haaiil ton, arrived on Friday with 110 English emi- | grants, belonging to the Bri ish company who ■ have purchased a large tract of land in Milan county, with the view of colonizing some hun dreds of families Capt Sir Edward Belcher, of the Royal Navy, came out by the Garrow and immediately proceeded to the interior, for the purpose of providiag for the wants of the settlers. They are represented as a good class of people, and we bid them welcome and pros perity in their new homes. The following order has been issued by Gen. Brooke: Headquarters Eiahlh Military Department. \ San Antonio, October 3 1850- ) Information has been just receivt-d that on the afternoon of the Ist inst., two daughters of a Vlr Thomas, residing -nine twelve miles from Lamar, were carried off by a party of twelve li.dians. and who als > drove away a number of horses. Commatideis of posts are instruct ed to use every eff *rt in their power to discov er the trail of these Indians, and, if found, to pursue them with the greatest vigor, to rescue the unfortunate captives and to bring punish ment upon the offenders. If any party siiou’d succeed in getting upon the trail of these In dians, they will send immediate intelligence of the fact to the nearest post. Whereupon me a sures will be taken to pursue he savages so long as there rnav be any possibility of overta king their By order of Major Gen Brooke: Gso. Deas, Ass’t Ad’t Gen The San Antonio Ledger says the Bounda ry Commissioners now in that city have caused unusual bussie aud activity there It appears that the survey of a mad from Indianola to El Paso has been prosecuted with very encoura ging pro pects of success. Tne height of the piaza in San Antonio has been a<certained to be 640 feet above fide water at Indiaaola, aud the intervening country is highly favorable for an excellent road. Minute and accurate bo tanical, mineraiogical aud geological examim tions have been made and will con ioue lo be made by the Commissioners. The Ledger anticipates that Texas will derive very great advantage from th* labors of these scientific men, who will give more correct and reliable information of the great resources of tho State than was ever before made known. Th* Ledger of the 10th inst , says they were to start in a day or two for El Paso, the escort un der the command of Col. Craig, Their whole number was thirty-six and all well armed. They expected to reach El Paso in twenty or twenty-five days. From St. Domingo —Preparation to meet the Haytiens.— The schr. Howard, from St. Domingo, 27th uit., arrived at this port this morning. Toe captain, Wright, reports that the Dominicans are actively preparing to meet the Haytiens, Sauianna has bee* placed in chief command, and is busily engaged in forming aa army They are plentifully supplied with arms aud ammunition. The ratification of a treaty with Euglaad. in which that nation acknowledges the indepen . dence from Hayti of the Republic of St. Do mingo, was celebrated by a public dinner, at which the President of the Republicpresided, and the British Consul was present. The lat ter made a speech, in which he said, among ether things, that the English would not inter fere in the corn mg contest between them and Hayti. Neither the American Consul nor any of the American ship master.-? were present at the dinner. By the new treaty wi n England, the vessels ol that nation are allowed to enter the ports of the Republic at fifty cents less tonnage duly than American vessels. The Dominicans have a licet often vessels ofwar, viz: one ship, two barque?, two brigs and five schooner?.— Boston Traveller. Steam Boat Accident. —The steamer .Mustang on her upward trip, when four miles below Brunswick, on the Missouri river, struck a snag and sunk in six feet water, and afterwards broke in two The boat was a total loss with the exception of the cabin furniture. She had a 1 heavy cargo of merchandiz ,which will be dam- I aged. Insurance on boat $3,000 Loss on ; freight s3,ooo.—Pic. Steam Bout Greek Slave Scuttled and Sunk.— On ihe nign; ot th*! 9.0 ioat, u<e fine Tennessee river packet Greek Slave, bound fer Florence j Irom L MiHvtiia. wii sciuie 1 avi sink m the Tefuiespee river, by Charles James,a hand on the boat. Captain W C Francis ha* offered I a re ward of 3>50 for ihe arrest of James. The Greek Slave left L ui ville on Sa urday. the stn. with a cargo oi assorted merenand ze be longing to the planters and others along the ; Tennessee river She was insured for $lO - 000 in Loui>viiia —JY O Delta 23th inst. A Legislature on the Wing.— The Ver moui L --gisiaiure e« masse on Saturday visited Route's Point, the locality where it is designed to bridge L ke Champlain f.r railroad pur poses, if Vermont and New York will gram the permission. The spot lies at the northern extremity of the lake, and :s about a hundred nades from Montpelier. The special object of the expedition ts to aid in die formation of a correct opin' o retpeenug the feasibi itv and expediency of the proposed bridge at that point. _____ The Pennsylvania and Onto Railroad Com party have close i a contract in New York for . the chairs and spikes complete 107 miles of tn<-ir road Irom Pittsburgh to Massillon, Ohio, The prues are said to he low, and payable in j die Mortgage Bond# ol the Company. The company have bow iwenty five hundred men at work on their road, and expect to have it cooipleted lo Beaver early in the ensuiag i spring, and to Massillon in one year from the present time Hon. Nathan Appleton, of Boston, has been i nominated by a vVntg Convention of the First Congressional District of Maasacnusetts, as a cand'date for the next Congress, sod has ; accepted the nomination. Chronicle ani> Sentinel. ; AUGUSTA. GA~ FRIDAY MORNING, IfOV. 1, In an hour cf danger— when your institution s are in jeopardy —your feelings wantonly outraged, y«ur social organization denied, ysu r honor deeply wounded and the Federal C nsliivi: vn violated by a series of aggressive measures , ALL tending to the consumn of me object, THE ABOLI TION OP SLA VERY—when your equal right t* c :upy and enioy the common t r .lory of all, has t jn denied yc i, in the solemn fb- n of law, under preter the most sh Jlow. it well beco lies you to arscaible, deliberate and counsel together for your mutual preservation and safety.— Gov. Towns' Proclamation. In their etforts to escape toe indignation of a patriotic people,the Disunionists in Georgia, although clamorous in the outset of the con test for disunion, are mow endeavoring to es cape odium by denying that they favor any such policy. Their denial, however, iu the face of their oft-repeated declarations and their hugging to their bosoms the notorious Rhktt will have little effect upon the intelligent and patriotic citizens of Georgia If they did not favor disunion, why was Rmktt invited to their meetings, and his treasonable speeches publish ed and endorsed by them. But we aeed n t rely upon their sympatbis iag and affiliating with open disonienists, to convict thorn of a purpose to dissolve the gov ernment. Wc desire no higher evidence than ! the extract from Gov. Towns’ proclamation, | j which wo have quoted above. Let the reader j | scan it carefully aad closely, and ask himself j j what is the plain and obvious tendency of this | language, but to stir up the people of Georgia |to revolutionaud disunion? Without evidence, but relying on bold and reckless assertion, he declares ihat“the Federal Constitution has been I 1 violated by a series of aggressive measures, all j | tending to the cor summation of one object—the abolition ofglavery.” What this aeries of ag : gressive measures is, or what its constituent j parts are, the Governor nor his friends and sup- ! porters, have not informed the people. Can ! it be the proposition to settle the boundary | of Texas by the purchase of a portion of her territory for a libetai compensation? How can tiiis be a violation of the constitution, or tend to the abolition of slavery. If Texas accepts the proposition, which she has a perfect right to do, it cannot in any manner impair the in stitution of slavery; and if aho reject it, the pro position contained in Pearce’s bill is a dead letter, and the question stands where it did— j open for adjustment. To what then does the Governor refer ? Can he allude to the Fugitive Slave bill, which was framed by Southern men to suit their own views, as the best minus of securing fugitive slaves ? Surely the Governor would not insinuate that all the Southern men in Congress —for they all voted for it—haveviola!- ed the Constitution or desired the consumma- Mot of abolition, in framing aad passing that bill. Does he allude to the passage of the ter ritorial bills for Utah and New Mexico, by which the Wilmot Proviso was expressly pro hibited, and the people, in the exercise of the great fundamental principle of republicanism, are permuted to adopt any constitution they please, provided it be republican? If so, we should be pleased to know, how they vio late the Constitution or tend to the con summation of abolition ? Can its refer to the act prohioiting the introduction of slaves into the District of Columbia lor sale 7 This is a mere municipal regulation, tend ing no more to the consummation of Abolition, than the law of Georgia, which did precisely the same thing, under heavy penalties. If that bill tends to the consummation of abolition, seven-tenths of the intelligent and reflecting cilizens of Georgia, might be accused of favor ing it, for we Relieve that ratio are in favor of restoring the prohibition, which was repealed by the demagogues of the last Legislature. The Governar cannot certainly refer to the admission of California—that was only one measure, and could not constitute a series. Besides it was in strict accordance with the principles avowed hy him, and those with whom he acted; viz: that the people of a territory have a right under the constitution to form a constitution—and that Congress had no right to dictate the provisions. Has his Excellency abandoned this truly republican, S ruhorn ground, aad does he accord the peo ple of a territory the right, only when they a -a constitution to suit his views? Really, j it would seem so. The Governor has been regarded one of the “36-30 or fight men;” and perchance his friend Colquitt hoped to make a corporal of him in the famous ‘ coffin on your back ” regiment, which he was so desirous of forming a few weeks since, and in which we believe the Edi- i ter of the Charleston News enliste i—we j i have not heard of another—and we apprehend 1 our co»temporary will march solus in this j forlora hope, for we doubt if the blustering recraitiag officer, Colquitt, would accompa ny him, especially if ho could find a substitute. ; But we have said the Governor was a ‘‘36 30 or fight iran ;” at any rate,-he certainly was re garded as belonging to that squad, and was therefore willing to admit California, With all her irregularities, bargains, corruptions end in trigues, and with all tier wandering population, i pmvi ed her boundary did not extend below 36 30. Would it not be well, therefore, for i him or his friends to show the people how /fie ! admission of the whole was a violation the Constitution, although a part would be per | Cecily constitutional? Such an illustration misfit eniig iteu the minds of the people of Georgia, and enable the beliico-e Governor the better la accomplish his purpose of stirring them up to Revolution and Disunioti. Amian Hey.— The Turkish Ambassador, has been receiving the hospitalities of the cit j izens of tVlassach- «ette dating the last sow j weeks. He has v led and examined the va ! rious factories at I »well, the celebrated Q,uin i c> granite quarries, the hospitals, prisons, poor nouses, and ail other institutions of note, and has expressed himself highly delighted with the i admirable management of all. He spent three 1 do.ys at the hospitable mansion of the Hon. I Daniel Webster, at Marshfield, which is repre sented as bav’n g been a three days’ scene of j continued festivity. An ingenious contrivance called a’“smoke | I consumer,” has been invented in New York The Post states that it is a complete protection lor railroad travellers against the smoko and i coal cinders which render that mode of con- i veyance usually not only uncomfortable bat dangerous. PRBSEITATION OF PLAfI. Adj©*r««d Mektin* of Council, 7 Oct. IBlh, 1850. 5 Mr. Harper offered the following Resolu tion, which was passed : “ Resolved. That his Heaar, the Mayor be requested to make a public presentation to Col. H. H Cti turning of the service of Plate psepared for his acceptance in parsance ©f a Resolution es tho City Council of the 2nd March last, at s«ch lime asd place as ho may appoint. [correspondence ] Mayor’s Office, Aurvsta, Oct. I, 185§. Col. H. H. Camming—Dear Sir lam happy to infer*; voa that the. Service of Plate, voted you by the City Council oa the 2nd of March, 1850, hap be*re received. The Dsaors desire a public presentation of me same, aid if you approve tfcie wi?b, will you be so kind as to designate a day when yoa will publicly accept the gift of a peapie, who, with ena accord, join in this public expression *f the regard which they entertain for yoa personally, aad as the sathar of an enterprise which has proved of suet* signal advantage to the City of year birth. Yery respectfully, year obedient servenL T. W. Miller. Mayer City es Augasta. AceosTA, Oci. 4th, 1850. I J ton. Themes IV. Mtlltr , Mayer of the City of Augusta — Dear Sir: —I sea ia receipt of | your note es Lh« 2nd inse., informing me of | the receipt of ;ke Service of Plate voted me • q the 2nd of March last, and that the Donors retire a “public presentation of the same.” While profoundly sensible of the flattering •ompiimen*. paid me by tha City Council, and | fully recognising tha right of those who confer j *n honor to determine th® mode of doing it, 1 respectfully, but earnestly rvqaest (hat you will make it agreeable to lh« Ceaucii r* sab j Stitute aoraa oitier, for that meatioaed in year j note Sting myself totally unused to sack tin gs— I tha effect of wnich depends so much on tha I taste Had »actof the recipient—l am nnoilling 1 t© incar tho hazard of Having associated with this high cwtKp irnent from my fclfow the reeallectiaß of • failare ©a my partin the made of receiving it With®a i much canid ace in my ptn, 1 s.iil think I may more safely rely on it, thau on rey tongue, t* give proper expressive te my feelings such an occ sian ; 1 h*pe there fore, that yea and the Council will yi®!d to ray wishes tad cheerfully acquiesce la tha aufgeated ehsufe. Very respectfully, your ebedieat atrvam, Henry H. Cummin*. Regrlar Meeting, Oct. sth 1850. Mr. Maharrey moved that his Honor the Mayor, present the service of Plate tendered to Cel H R. Cummiagky the City Ceuncil, in ac cordance with tho request contained in his ceasasumcatien thfs day submitted to Council, ; aad that the aorresooudenca bstweea himself *»d Col. Camming i« relation tea public presPßtatiea es the same, he published—which metisß was earned. Mayor’s Offt#*, } Augusta, October 24, 1850. > Cei. 19. f 5. CeMMi.va, Prasideet of tiie Board es Ceetuaissiunafo of trte Augasta Caaai: Daar Si? —The City Conacil es Augusta, w l >ose first presiding officer was your honored father, or (ha 2d day of March {a?t, resolved aaaoiuaeosly shat its exeeutive officer should pracare, and in th* same of th-» City, present te yea a aerrica of «ilv®r plate, as a blight tes tiaieuial ©1 tha high appreciation iu which they held year serviaes, in having cancesrcd as weil aa the construction of tho Au- Cana!, whereby the gemeral welfare of the City of A ugiisia and its i <habitants has baea se big- ly p/unuc. ed Th© history, Sir, •t ibo Cry where lirat you drew your breatb, is dear to every Gturgian. For in that long aad aveat(u) straggle for tho liberty we naw enjoy, h-r citizons n«t only bere a eonspica put, Sat were reniarbabU for their Htiach ateat ta iba rebel perlien of h's then Majesty’s ©abjeesa; aad while liar peculiar geogr*ohicii pasiti«M hi rsubiected her to snaay \ icissitudes. iavalviag at times bar eoaamerci d charac aad fertune, yat aided by the aatarprise aei pr-iatical wisdom of her busii.esss mea, who have ever been ready to give their time and iave** iheir fortunes in »bj werk necessary to the support of ber hoaor, or th-< estabhehmcai of her coe>rue , ‘ci.il Hsceadancr, she has been coatinned ia that pread position which she Raw occupies. If, Sir, “the price of liberty is aleroui vi gii ißce” in this age as progress, the commer cial iadepeudeacw Rf a City ca* scarcely be secured by a Boiicy ies« ouereus; and, aur reendod as Augusta is and k»s been by rival sister Cities, seek; g, by an heaerable compe litlun ’tis truo. to despoil lier of her trade, no other eiemests of character than those refer j red to -an i no other policy than that adopted I under yoar auspices, could iaave saved her j from the ruin waich menaced her. Iha cons ructioa of the South Carolina Railroad, offering as it did increased facilities fer the transit of praduce and passengers to tha Snabaard, drew from ifae lair bosom of our q;i‘? t Savannah, much cf her former travel and j q-c&cs as transportation—and the construction of the Gcargia Railroad, took from that large j cisfca of our eiuzeaa, our retail merchants, i much of that extensive wagoa trade which, ! for a half century, had ministered ta her growth I aad the individual welfare of her people. It was. Sir, at th>s crisis in her history, tha : Fail ts 1844, when »he who had beta planted | jta it were Lv a “river of life.” like ;hc mas siva oaks which adern and siiade its bank*, under the ieflutace es worse than autumnal j storms, was fast shedding the yet gre&u glor es ! of ber history; wiiea maay oi ourdvellisgs workshops and piores, one* crowded by nn in duairiou* and joyous populatio*, were tenant • I ss aod ihe cold damps of commercial death j seemed to be fast seining around her, that you. j Sir, identified with her by birth, education and 1 employment, projected that work of interna! impro jintnt widen has changed the blight of the pa i into present joj, and bright hopes for the futurs. and the paiiid titles ol a premature \ decay into >he - cial activity and iica! h. It was, Sir, your enter : priza «h cd threw the Augusta Canal, the j brightest arm of the Savannah, around us, and i wo &ow *tand aimust encircled l*y her rnouu [jaiß waters, conytitating, aa they do, the : great propelling power or all that machinery which has given employmt.mt to so many hau dreds of cut cilizens, added to *hg value of real estate all of twemy per centum; increased our population in trie same ratio; restored con fidence; impressed upon our miods the neces sity and value of a wi*a divis>#n of labor, and I seat with vigorous actieii through every vein j ofour carauieixial system, the rich blood of j an active domastic Indus y. Georgia, at large, animated by the success, yea, the tnuoapnaat success, hare and elsewhere, of what was once co«si<l® an experiment of doubtful policy, has already withdrawn from sources before anprofitauis, much of her surplus capital, in i vested it in domestic manyfietures, and soor will be known not only as the State of rivers and of Railroads, but tha great manufac turing Siaiß of ike South, ead Augusta will ! be the “ Lowell.” bow, air, in the name of tie City of Augusta, which must ever remain the dautor j ofyouraelf and your worthy atsßciatau, I pro { lent tou, by the kanda of Faiter Blodgat, Esq., ' i Aarshsl of *nr City, a service of Silvar i Fiat®, composed of seventeen pieces, all I trust, I with sßitable inscriptions, the larger of them bearing open their bright exteriors, devices of the rich natural and architectural scenery through which the Augusta Canal passes, and also of thosa works, the bcaofiis of which I have referred to, which I ask you m the same name to aecept. And indulge me, sir, personally in tbe ex pression of the hope, that you may I ve te see the work over which yoa have watched with a regard almost parental, («> I that tee at the sacrifice of your piivate intc:est) dispense eliil larger and greaier blessings—snd that when yea shall have been garnered to your Father’s, the influence of your esuiaple may incite athers to farther measures for the fall deval epemout es me resource* of our Citr. Very respectfully, year ob’t serv’t, T. W. Miller, Mayer, &a. Augusta, Oct. 30,1850 ; Thomas JV. Miller, Mayor of the City of Augusta : Dear Sir :—By the hands of Mr. Blodget, | I have received the Service of Plate memioa | ed in yoar note of tke 24th iu t., presented in i the name of the City, in accordance vvitn a Iresolutioß of Council, passed on the 2nd of March last., and beg leave, throagh yaa ,to express to that body my high appreciation of , tbeir complimentary vote, and of th® boaatifal 1 article presented. While the resoiunoa re ferred to, remaining among the archives of the j city, will be an enduring public record of ©a® I as the asst gratifying incidents of my life, the article presented will, I h#pe, bo long praserv ed in ray family as domestic memorials of tkat incident, and incite those most familiar with i eto, not only to discharge th**ir mare obvious duties to tho public, but to be diligent in seek ing occasions to promote ibe best interests of a community, to which, iu common with rajas If they are under such weighty obiig iiion*. I i any circumstance had been required tain ere ss« the intrinsic In'erert of the compiiute«t from my fellow-citizens, you have most nnppi ly selected it, in remindin'? rue that my honor ed father was the first of your predecessors, in the chief magistracy of this my native city. I cannot but congra alato myself that, afW the | lapse of tiiorn than half a century, I find the | post, first occupied by him, now honorably fi lsd by one who, on this occas on. minsleß I ’.he kindly feelings of a friend with th« ©fficia 1 I act es the magistrate. Ta these feelings, I : mast attsibute 'he too high estimate placed on nay individual services ia the enterprise, iu commemoration of which thi* honor has bsea conferred »>n mo ; but I *hoal(i do injustice to the i itelSisencejof my worthy associates aad co-laborers in the work, were t lightly te ©Hii mate its importance. Nothing but the great v&uie we attached to it, could have justified th* individual sacrifices and public expenditures oeccßsarv to it*execution It was undertaken, as yoa correct!y remark, at a period of great depression its oar affairs : cause* were in operation, temporarily unfavorable to oar prosperity;—none of ua coaid foresee their ultimate results ; ia ny of os auprnhended th© w©ra r . We hsd bean almost exciasivaiy a commercial community: certain theories ia politic* and in political economy, prevailed among us to an extent auffhieni to check the spirit es enterprise ia all ether branches of in dustry. To many, the idea of establishing Factories any where at the South, to compate with Ihc skill, experience, a*d capital of the North, sceaieri »b*ar., and to sldl more did it, at first, seanri utterly preposterous to talk of making Augusta the sce®e of such enterprises. ! Nor was this strange: —the great questions of i Commerce and Maaufaciure* had it ia true tsagsged the attention of some of the first minds of the South; but they had, unfortunate ly,been«a mingled with party and section*’ feelings, that the very name of ’’Maniifacm rer” had become odious to our people, from it* associa ion with tbe idea of wrong done to us t® benefit him. There was, even in the** theories, nothing which ought ta have deterred us from begin ning the good work; but there was oat want ing men oi Weight *ud character, who strongly opposed ail Southern Manufactures, as tend ing to weaken the great “Free Trade” pariy of the South, by interesting us, to a certain extent, iu the support of that system of pre tection which had bsen so beneficial to tha North, and as was cont tided so ruinous to us. These opinions and feelings, though com mon, were, fortunately, not universal Some of us emerod n.ion our local enterprise with the strong hope of uhimato success ; others, wr.h a feeling less akin to hope than to despair, jgreed that ‘something must be done ,” aad s srnething was done. The result was, as yoa have expressed it, that the Augusta Canal, “the brightest arm of tha Savannah, vrae thrown around us and already may you sc©, deri ving from it their motive powt»r, and. aow, or soon to be, in full operation, two large mer chant Mills, (one ©fhrick, the other of granite.) a Saw and Grist miil. a Machine Shop, aod Car Factory, and two substantia! and exten sive Cotton Mill* ; and by it arc annually borne .nto our city, besides other valuable products, more than twenty-five thousand bales o( Cotton. The benefits of the naw forms of industry thus introduced among us are, by no means, confined to the immediate profits realized from manufacturing. All these establishments re quired operatives, mechanics, and other agents of different grades who most have food, clothing and comfortable dwellings. Farmers, merchants, builders and owners of real estate ’ (oi which tho City Council is itself one of the largest) a.e all interested ia supplying their wants. But it is needless to attempt an enu meration of the many happy influences, more or less direct, of enterprises *-uch as that if which we are engaged. The most superficial observer must already sea the beginning of theta in our own town. I say “the beginning j because, Sir, with you, I believe that we are '■ destined to make advances in manufacturing * as well aa in commerce, which will make »©, j or those who may, in a few years, co ne sfter ; us, look upoa all we huva yot d*ue as but little j more than a beginning. To hasten tha coming of that state of things, it becomes *3 to avoid not j ! cs-t an i>»sr-est:iaale than an under estimate of what we have already done. We have done ma< -very much—for we have made abe ginniug, and that too. under the most disc our- | aging circumatancp©; but much more remains to be done, if our progress is to be steadily on wa~d. Yoar Can al though sufficient for ad present purposes, must be increased in size j and power to meet :he probable calis of manu- j ' factarera now with us and of us and of those who may be attracted from abroad Ofihe Utter, many are mow looking with great inff rost to this locality, in the midst of a Cot or growing country, itself a great Cotton mart, communicating by Railroad and River with the Atlantic on one side, and on the other, by an 1 unbroken line of Railroad, touching the waters ' which flow into the Gulf, whither has hereto fore tended an immense amount of Western : products, of which that portion seeking Euro- ! pean or Northern markets, will ultimately find 1 its way to the ocean, through Ike territory of j | Georgia, and much of it through our own town. I j Wi h ad these advantages, Augusia, if true to . |he 1 f, must become an irapor.ant (ra*y I not i safely say, a great ?) commercial and manufac turing city. But to reap the full benefit of her fortunate location, she must do something more tnan d<g Canals and build Railroads. If «k# fully realizes that her piosperity is to be pro moted by the encouragement of the Mechanic Arts, let it be remembered, that she must cher ish thofce employed in them —that the Artis in must find in Augusta aotonly a place wh©r#hß may profitably employ Ins skill and accumulate capital, but % home where he will be duly re spected, aud wnere be may advanl'geouily locate his family and rear hii children. Amo£g tk© various considerations that may 4r- fluence, there is none more likely to determine the permanent location of respectable and valuable citizens than the existence of good Schools —public and private—from the purely elementary to those of the highest grade known in the country. Parents who are indifferen 1 to this consideration, can hardly be good mem bers ®f society, and certainly those who make the best will not willingly select a home where their children cannot have the benefits which good schools alone can afford. But on this subject, you, at least, sir, require no suggestions from mo, as I know that while you have been carefully lacking to all the interests of the community, this most important one has eg. peciaiiy engaged your attention. Wishing you all success in your efforts to promote the great object, and that you and your associates of the Council Board, may long live to witness the good results of your united labors in this and other branches of the public service, eon. eected with your respective offices, I remain, sir, very respectfully, Four obedient servant, Hesry H. Cummjjcq. Georgia.—The battle to be fought in Gsor gia in the election of members lo the Co:.ven lion recently called by Gov. Town*, B ays the i Memphis Enquirer , will be the most important .! contest tbit has aver taken place in that State. Os lha result we entertain not a doubt- The . Legislature of Goorgii is not the people us Georgia, liar patriotic sous will never sanc tion Secession or disunion, because of t„8 ad mlstioa of California. The at; of the L-gis- Istare and the spirit in which it xvas pa-sed will b« repudiated and condemned by them. The wauikers of tn© Conveation to ho regularly elected by the people—not appointed by large and respectable meetings of Haifa dozen wire workers —who will have an opportunity, in the disenwiions which will ensue, to hear all , and of the question, and to make I ftp their minds fully and maturely. We look. 1 forward oettfi enMy to there being a decided j majority in the convention of Union loving eoflservadvcs who will be up posed to seces sion or any such extravagance and folly. If we are not mistaken in this, the action of tha ! Convention may become most beneficial, ny presenting with that calm, firm dignity which ■?ver fails te com maud respect, the duly which devolves upon tha North in pat down sad stop abolition agitators ; and .by awaken, ing in sister State* in fa® South.a spirit of prac tical improvementoftheir natural resources-* The pa-itien #f Georgia, as the State whicohas doo® most of all slave holding State* to render hsrself independent, is o«e fail of a powerful .-murai influence, if »ke will but rightly exert it- L»l hi r tail us by what moans she ha* attained her present comparative independence of Northern manufactures, and stimulate ua by cue exhibition of her example to tho creation of mean * of intercommunication with our own seaports, instead of counselling us with words of “delusion and folly” about “disunion” and “seeewion”—lot her, ia short, act as becomes on a *f the “Old ThuUen whosw blood having bees shed to cement tne Union, knows if* its esnmable value—and she will establish for her* self a name which wilt make it in tru<h a pride te be called a Georgian. That she will act so berly, wisely and ia a spirit of attachment to the Uamii, we will not permit ours Ives to denbt. In a genera! election by her citizens), we shall have the voice of her people, not tho elaoaor of little would-be politicians, striving by appeals te pasiien and prejudice to attain a provincial, ertsa-reads greatness. Judge Berrien—A Trieste. The Savannah Republican of Wednesday ssys : “We nnderstand that the “ Resistance ” party nominated the followiug gentlemen at tfteir meeting last night: Dr. Jas. P. Screven «nd Dr. C. P. Eichardseo, democrats; and H*n Jo#. M. Berrien and R T. Gibsoa. whig*. ‘ This sounds very well; but we have the beat aalherify for saying that Judge Berrien, who is aow absen>, will not accept the nomina tion. This is cot all. The leading gentlemen of the “ Resistance ” party were informed some days ago, by a relative of Mr. Berrien, who had his authority for making the statement, tivat he should not consent to allow his name to be used as a candidate for the Convention by either party. We are unable therefore to andarstaad the reasen why they have persisted in the matter against his wishes, unless it be U> get the benefit of his name and influence until he can be heard from If this be their object, tho trick will no: succeed. “ We uadorstand from gentlemen present, that “ the meeting last night was (not) the large-t which ever assembled on any similar •ccasien in this city.” The people are be ginning ta cm loose from a party which was organized ia opposition to a Union and South ern rights party.” M-tar-ii iimh mm mini ii i Spend Notsas public are respectfully ii formed that the Pews in tha Episcopal Church, belonging to the Veatrv, will be there offered for rent THIS MORNING, for one year, at 11 o’clock Notice of which will be given by ringing the bell, when in dividuals wishing to rent will please attend. nl-1 33= A Card.—Dr. EDW. GiRARDEY tenders | his Pro essional services to the citizens of Augusta ’ and its vicinity, | Office one door above Marlin Frederick. 030-lm O. MUNSON, A. M., M. D., SURGEON DENTIST. Hns removed so the firmer reei i dence of J. U. Oahjiichael, over TT 7 Carmicliael <k Mean’s Hard-ware i Store. 017-ly 1 Mr*. E. O, Collin* has returned ! from the North, and is now opening febjfeJ a handsome and fashionable assort- »n£cV ment cf MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS. — Among i o n will be found Rich Bonnet and Cap Ribbons, Flowers, Laces, T.bs, Embroidered Pocket Handkerchiefs, Embroidered Muslin Undersiecvet, and Breakfast Cape, i lain and fancy Dress Ca* Drawn Silk, Satin, Neapolitan and Strew Bonn ?, | black and Lace Veils. Lace Capes, Siltt and : Colton Koiicbcs, SiU ond Kid E!dsties. C< ‘mbs, Hair | braids and Curls, Toilet Powder, Perfumes, Toilet ! Soaps, Hair Curling Fluid, Hair Restora ive, HJr ; Dye, &c. 018 - Female School. —Tats Institution will commence, under the direction of Mrs. Doctor Cun ningham, in a suite of Rooms, next below the Washington Hail, on the 7th of OCTOBER, H> st -» where the usual branohe-, Jan Eniz ish education will be taught A1 o, Music, French and Drawing. Residence on Greene str-*f*t. 01-it j O’Tile French Language taught gram ■ matically by Mrs. Sabal, opposite the United states j Hotel. Mrs. Sabal wilt lake charge of a Class ] B ! any of the Seminaries or private families of Augusta. | 08 | Dodge’s Beautiful Daguerreotype j Miniatures.—The undersigned would respectfully announce to the citizens of Augusta a d vicinity, i that he is now prepared to execute Miniatures or ang j rivalled beauty, by tha aid of a sky light. Groups and single pictures taken with the great est accuracy, and every improvement ia the art. Pul 1 instructions given in the art. Materials ci a kinds for sale. Har. ‘ xm’s Quick Working Gains ras for sale at New York prices, with freight added. E. S. DODGE. Rooms next door to the Post Offce. FUNERAL NOTICE. The friend* and acquaintance* of Dr. VVm. H. Tutt and family, are invited w aUeflli the Funeral of their only So*, from their residence Bread street, THIS MORNING at 10 e’riook
